Shloka 13
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
वननित्यैर्वनचरैर्वनस्थैर्वनगोचरै: । वन॑ गुरुमिवासाद्य वस्तव्यं वनजीविभि:
vananityair vanacarair vanasthair vanagocaraiḥ | vanaṁ gurum ivāsādya vastavyaṁ vanajīvibhiḥ ||
মহাদেৱে ক’লে—যিসকলে বনক আশ্ৰয় কৰি জীৱন ধাৰণ কৰে, তেওঁলোকে বনকেই নিত্য নিবাস কৰক; তাতেই বিচৰণ কৰক, তাতেই বাস কৰক, আৰু বনপথেই অনুসৰণ কৰক। গুৰুক যিদৰে ওচৰ চাপি ধৰা হয়, তেনেদৰে বনক ওচৰ কৰি, তাৰ শৰণ লৈ, তাতেই জীৱন নিৰ্বাহ কৰক।
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the dharma of one who has taken to forest-life: to make the forest one’s steady abode and discipline, treating it like a guru—i.e., living simply, restrained, and supported by what the forest provides rather than by worldly dependence.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing on the proper conduct of forest-dwellers (vanajīvin/vanaprastha-type life), emphasizing continuous residence and movement within the forest and a reverential reliance on it as a guiding refuge.